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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-21
TORNADO In THE STATE.
Houses Unroofed and Farms Devastated
Parkersburg News.

Parkersburg News.
Special Ttle9rum TO the Register.
PARRERsBURG, w. VA, July 2O.-Re-
ports from ROekport, this county, and
Elizabeth, Writ county, tell of a terrible
storm Monday night. Wind, rain and
hail, the latter as large as walnuts, visited
ROckport, destroying crops and washing
away hundreds of stacks of hay and grain.
The barns OF Rufus Banne and
George Shuts were unroofed and
badly damaged. Derastus Deem lost
all his crops, and his farm is
terribly washed Corn is beaten down for
miles. The large mill of George Quick
is almost entirely destroyed. The farm
of RuiusiPlum is so badly injured that
the corn crop is entirely destroyed. A
number of other farmers are heavy los
ers. and the loss will amount to thousands
of dollars.
At Elizabeth, where Whites circus was
showing, the tornado struck the town car
rying the tent away and creating q panic.
A number were bruised i'll getting out,
but no fatalities are reported.
To-day the White Sulphur Springs case
with Judge Boyd on the bench, was in
progress in the United States Court. In
the Harpers Ferry injunction case the
motion for an Injunction was not granted,
and the plaintiffs, the Harpers Ferry Mill
Company, were directed to regain posses
sion OF the property by action at law.
Savery and other defendants were required
to give ten thousand dollars bond to pro-
tect plaintiffs.
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Three Important Decisions by the Inter
state Commission.
Wh~HINGruN. d. c., July 2O.-Three
decisions were rendered by the Inter
State Commerce Commission to-day. The
most important WAS Que in relation to
the payment OF commissions by
one road "a the agents OF
another aad connecting road for sales OF
through tickets. Points IN dispute grew
on, ot a commission and auti-cOmmissioE
S.ht between the ~eabOard trunk lines
and some Of their western connections
The following three cases were disposed OF
IN the one opinion
The CHICAGO and Alton Railroad Com
panv against the Pennsylvania Company
the SAue against the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company: the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad Company against the
N-w York Central aud Hudson River Ra'l-
road Company The following synopsis
contains the more important points OF the
opinion, which Is very long:
The complaints IN these cases are found
ri upon the third section of the act To Tegu-
ATE commerce, and charge violations oi
that section by defendant companies IN
refusing certain facilities for receiving,
forwarding and delivering passengers
10 c0mplaiuant's lines, consisting oi
through or coupon tickets, which being
Afforded 10 other and competing companies,
ave the vomplainants alleged unreIsona-
be preference 10 those companies The
law IN this instance does not IN terms re-
quire one railroad company to sell through
tickets over the road OF another railroad
company.
In absence Of statutory authority one
railroad authority can only sell tickets and
check baggage over the road Of another
railroad company by agreement. Ii being,
therefore. a matter of mutual agreement
whether coupons or through tickets shall
De s2ld by a railroad company over roads
Of other companies II follows that the
forms OF such tickets and the manner Of
their sale are matters Of agreement by the
companies interested, Ii companies can
agree upon their tariffs, the form OF
their tickets and how they should
be sold, they have a right to do 10, and by
such agreement become lnteT State CART
ers but if they cannot agree the act does
not undertake 10 cOeTce them TO do buSl-
neSs together upon terms that may be
Justly objectionable or injurious.
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HER GUNS TOO LARGE.
The New Cruiser Atlanta Damaged During
the Target Practice.

The New Cruiser Atlanta Damaged During
the Target Practice.
New YORK, July 20 Private letters
from an officer and a machinist on board
the new steel cruiser Atlanta, to friends
in the Brookly Navy Yard, say that during
the target practice in Gardner's Bay, day
before yesterday, the eight-iuch bow and
stern barbette pivot guns recoiled with
such force rs to tear loose the tracks on
which they turn and also to rip up por-
tiou of the heavy gun deck.
These guns are the heaviest ahOat in
the service, and those on the Atlanta are
the first Of them to he tested on board ship
by our naval officers. Just how serious
the damage is could not be learned. No
official report OF il has reached the navy
yard.
The officers OF the Boston are anxious to
know the facts regarding the occurrence.
The Boston il u sister ship Of the Atlanta,
and the tracks for her eight inch guns are
laid in the same way. Her guns are not
vet on board The letters say that the
dalnage WAS done bys charge of ninety
pounds of powder The tracks will have
10 be much more secure to withstand the
rrcoil produced by full charge Of l2O
pounds OF powder.
During the firing a live sheep was used
to ascertain Just how near men may stand
to the muzzle of these great guns when
they are fired without being killed by the
conclusion. At one discharge, the letters
say, the sheep WAS blown clear over hatch
way and killed. Officers on the Boston
think this must have been done to ascer-
tain whether IN eight-inch gun can be
safely worked while siN-inch gun next it
il being fired almost across the eight-inch
guns track
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THE STRIKE SETTLED.
Work to be Resumed All Alsng tho Line
Imm ediately.

Work to be Resumed All Along tho Line
Immediately.
PITTsBURG, PA, July 2O-The final
action looking towards a resumption of
work in the coke regions was taken to-day
at EverSon.
The committee of the Amalgamated AS
sociation said the men would return to
work upon the conditions that all should
be reinStated, which was agreed TO.
A UniontOwn, Pa, special says: The
Knights of Labor coke workers are well
pleased at the decision Of the convention
at Scottdale, and at conference
held with members of the
Miners Association to-dav it was
agreed to resume work on Friday with the
expectancy that the operators would ar
range a sliding scale and give an increase
in wages by Monday.
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An Electric storm,

SPECIAL Telegram 70 The ReQtter.
WESTON, W. Va, July 20.-AbOut six
o'clock this evening 4 furious electric
storm prevailed here. A large brick build
ing, occupied by Ruhl, Koblegard & Co.,
wholesale grocers in Weston, was struck
by lightning. The electric bolt entered
the centre Of the roof, tearing large hole,
and then ran down an iron band leading
down the elevator to the cellar Some
inmates of the building were severely
shocked.
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BIG CONFEDERATION.
A PLANrOR THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
DESTROYED.
The Great Properly Reduced 10 Rains-rhs lass BY
The Fire at Constable Hook Estimated st
sl,500,000-A Panic Strikes
The Villagers

BERGEN PorSr, n. J., July a0-The
fire in the Standard Oil Company's i'm
mense plant st Constable Hook was
brought under control at 10 o'clock this
morning.
The loss is estimated at about 81, 500,-
600. 1t was the largest fire that has yet
visited this gigantic corporation at Con-
stable Hook. Two large warehouses, thre"
immense tanks, four big docks and about
ten thousand barrels Of oil were licked up
by the flames, leaving nothing but maa
of smouldering ruins. There Is no in
surance
1t WAS exactly 1915 g. IN. when shest
Of flame WAS seen TO start mp from the roof
of the barrel house, and in an instant al
most the entire top Of the building was in
flames. The people of the village were
awakened by cries OF fire, and knowing
the intiammable material kept in the
warehouse OF the oil company, rushed
from their houses, feelsng almost certain
that their homes were doomed 10 destrnc-
ton.
The entire fire department, comprising
eight engines, FASTENED 10 the scene OF the
confiagratiOn, but before the fremen could
get water through the hose the fire had as
sumed n mastery over the surrounding
building, and from every nook and cor.
ner of the sheds and ware houses tongues
of cracking flames shot forth. In q few
minutes the barrel house was q mas Of
shining embers, but the supply house,
built of solid timbers aud heavy walls,
gave ample food for the flames.
Sparks from the burning buildings were
explosion that shook the entire village
followed. Other tanks also exploded, and
in less time than il takes TO describe II
there were fully halt dozen explosions.
The burning oil was scattered IN all dircc-
tions. Ii was thrown on the little wooden
sheds and store houses scattered through
out the yard, and in short while quar-
ter OF q mile Of such structures, built
along the waters edge were throwing
brilliant light out on the waters Of the
bay, and the vessels had TO move out Of
danger.
The cause of the fire has not been def
nitely ascertained, but the origin suggested
spontaneous combustion. SO far ~ can be
learned no one was injured. but hundreds
of persons will be thrown out OF employ
ment. The Standard Oil Company's pos
session Mt Constable Hook include the plant
of the Tidewater Pipe Company, the Polar
Oil Company and other Companies absorb
ell by the Standard. Work IL carried on
day and night There are fifty oil tanks
at the Hook. and OH the water front several
including the Bayonne
Works and the Oxford Copper
and Sulphur Company.
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TEASON IN BULGARIA.
Tho Ex-Premier Placed Under Arrest.
Runors Of Revolution.

Tho Ex-Premisr Placed Under Arrest.
Runors Of Revolution.
BUCHAREST. July 20-It Ii rcportei
from Russian sources that the Bulgarian
Government has arrested NJ. Radoslavofi,
Premier and Minister OF the Interior in the
Cabinet just suspended.
The arrest is said 10 have been on =
charge OF treason. The new Ministry. II IL
reported, will not at present venture 10
enter Sofia. The Ministers are said 10 I've
afraid Of the opposition OF the army 10 the
new government
II II also reported that the troops intend
to proclaim the Independence Of Bulgaria
and Prince Alexander Of Batisnbsry M
King.
A Constantinople dispatch says. Frnncs
will not acknowl ledge Prince Ferdinand Of
Saxe-C -Coburg .Gotba as ruler Of Bulgaria,
b.rause R0umelians were permitted tO vote
in the SObranje for his election.
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MARTINS FERRY.

Mn. T. J. GIier suffered severe pain
during sU hour or two on Tuesday night,
caused by the presence Of an inssct in her
ear.
The Laughlin mill has closed down for
two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. George Upton are in
Brownstown visiting relatives and frieDds.
Wm. NJ. Lnpton, proprietor OF the Odd
Insuranc. Agency" II on the sick list.
o. X. Wood, Dr. J. W. Darrah, X. A.
Blaekford, Joel Wood, and James Kerr
we're in Bcllaire yesterday attending The
Prohibition Comfy Convention.
Miss Hettie UpdepsG will he buried In
Riyerview cemetery, at ten o'clock this
morning. Funeral services will he con-
ducie1i by Rev. z. r. Walker. al the homo
OF her father, Mr.. Z. J. Updepsf, On
Fifth street
Mrs. H. ". Smith and sou, and Mises
Berthe and Eloise Gny, will spend the
heated term at Mountain Lake Park.
The N. T. Sabbath School picnicksd st
kidgewsy's grove, yesterday.
There will he an informal meeting o(
Council ON Monday evening, 10 meet rep
resentatives OF the wheeling Electrical
Co and discuss the matter OF introducing
the new light In our city.
Ed. Scbo6eld left yesterday for West
Alexander, 10 work for &. II. Carpenter,
on a new t,zr line.
Horse hack riding II the fas0rite pass,
ime Of number Of Ctnk's siditi on giris-
John Holbrook left yesterday for New
Brighton, Pa, where be will hereafter 10
side. He will work in the Dithridge Glao
Works.
Mis- Katie Driiz Is in Rochester, Pa
A. X. Burroughs, Esq, travelling sud-
tor Of the PenDsylyania Company vas In
The city yesterday.
The G. l.. q W. Chippewa eIcursion was
. grand succe.s-
| The Benwood Blast Purnaee will probs-
bly, resume operations in few days, word
having been received that coke would sooo
be plentiful.
Mis ge,tie Cole, Of Emswosth, Pa. 10
the guest Of Rev. r r. walker
On Tuesday Justics Keller ofened suit
in which Mike Tige, Of West Virgins,
claimed damages from . man named
Trooghtman- Tig purehs~ed horss
from Troughtman, and the animal proved
"lAlseu and would MOI work. An sbobd-
ance Of testimony was brought 70 prove
the animal worthless, and the suit wss Do
cided yesterday afternoon in. rigs's hsoG,
be bsing allowed $i30 damaSz-
There was no policn court yesterday
morning.
A letter wss received from Nike
Morton Of the Fat Man Fshisg Cub, -
terdsy. We don't know Why the club h
30 named, Iof there. .couidn't Be pound q
fat rendered from the entire crowd
Miss Jennie Williams and nr. Fszsk
Lszpe, Of BeilAire, we're The guests a ns.
Matt Aidrides yesterday.
Mr.. and Mn- John 3. HilIer ssd Mr..
Milier's mother and sistw len Iast BSght
for New York city, % . t~o weeks IMP.
Mr.. John Moore and Ai0 AIMS AD-
strong were married last evening 6 ~
residences Of tn bids nsthsr, = 1ssenh
sstEset.
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BRIDGEPORT.

c. II. Carpenter has jnst completed an
iron fence for W. T. Graham.
A. e. Branum il in Uhrichsyille.
Mr.. and Mrs Elsie Gill separated yes
terdaY, and made an even and satisfactory
divide of the household goods and chat
tells.
Mr. Adam Koegl.r, a well aud favor
ably known German youth, married Miss
Ida Watson in st. Clairsville a few days
since Success TO yOu
Oswald Schick had an elegant set Of fy
screens put mp in his shop doors and win
dows, yesterday, by Scott * Meiraw.
Mr.. Christian Wolfe and Miss Anna
Belle Co.'s were married at the resideoce Of
Justice Howell last evening. Justice
Howell oficiated
Bud Whiting j. in the city. Bud' 4
many old friends will De glad 10 see him.
A. 7. Bowie and Charles Truman were
10 UhrichsvilIe ou tuesday.
The Eclipse baSe ball club defeated O
picked nine by a senre OF y IN 9. yesterday.
Mrs. George O'KelIey, Of Kirkwooi IL
entertaining Miss Sargent from Centre.
Iowa
Mis- Enna Mitchell has retained home,
after quite an extended visit with relatives
and friends in Western Pennsylyanis.
An infant child Of Mr.. Tho- Smith, OF
West Bridgeport, which has been seriously
sick, is conyalescent.
In consequence Of the extremely hot
weather, no services were held in the N.
z. Church Sunday night.
Mr. John Roof il lying dangerously sick
at his home in West Bridgeport.
Mr. Shepherd. manager Of the Bridge
port Glass Factory. spent Sunday at his
home in Pittsburg, Pa.
Miss Eva Sells left yesterday 10 visit her
sister near CAdiz, O.
An infant child Of Mrs. Del Mcdonald,
in .FtnayiIIr, was found dead in its bed
Monday morning.
The Hockingburg Fishing Club returned
Monday night from very successful trip
down the Ohio River, Mr.. l.. HockinbuTg
being the hero, having caught cat fish
which weighed 35 pounds- He says this
Is correct, sure"
Quite number from here took in the
excursion TO Ridgeway's grove, Yesterday.
Mrs. johnson Brown returned from New
ark, O., in company with her father, Mr..
Maberry.
ProL Duncan and fspily have returned
from Frederiektown, o.
Mr.. Geo. C. Gifin has returned from
camp On the Tuscarawss river.
Miss Clara Chapman, Of Steub-uTijle, Il
the guest Of her father. John Chapman
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window Glass Men.

PTTTsBURG, PA, July 20.-The window
glas manufacturers and woIkmen held a
conference to-day at which the scale OF
wages for the next "fre" was dis
cuSsed. IL said workmen have pre-
sented demand for an in
crease of 10 per cent in blowers
and 5 per cent. in gatherers' wages. Man
ufaeturers are opposing the demand on the
ground that stocks are much larger than
they should be after the short run OF last
year, and they hold that prices are lower
to-day than they have been for nine years
paSt
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PHENOMENAL HAIL STORM.
Grain Fields Devastated and Fruits an'
Vegetables Cut to Pieces.

Grain Fields Devastated ana fruits anu
Vegetables! Cut to Pieces.
WABASH, IND, July 20.-A genuine
hail cyclone passed through the northern
part of the county yesterday, doing an im-
meuse amount OF damage.
The storm came from the West through
Miami county, and crossed the Lake Erie
and Western railway at a point between
Denver and Peru. Its path through this
county was from two to three miles, and
in that space no vegetation escaped.
The hail fall was phenomenal in every
way. The stones were OF the size of hen s
eggs and could he gathered up by the
bushel after the storm. A great number
of fine forest trees were broken off and
piled up in an interminable mass. Not a
field OF grain escaped destruction in the
pathway of the storm. The corn was rid
died and stripped of the ears and silk.
Oats were thrashed out and the stalks
driven into the earth. Apples, melons,
grapes and all small fruits and vegetables
were cut to pieces and nothing can be
saved.
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Bullet Cartridges Were Used,

CLINTON, Iowa. July 20.-Four people
were shot during the Wild West perform
auce of Sells Brothers circus, Tuesday
night. George Harrington, aged Il, shot in
the forehead, will die. Mrs A. LamberstOn,
WAS shot in the left breast just above the
heart, dangerously. Wallace Phillips,
aged lG, was shot in the top OF the head,
not very seriously wounded. One OF the
Indians WAS shot. He was Immediately
taken away. No cause is given for using
bullets, except that they got the wrong
cartridge boxes. 1t was done during the
encounter of COW boys and Indians in the
ring.
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Killed Her Child With a Spoon.

MONCTOS, n. E., July 20.-An uumar-
ried woman named Ross, mother of three
children, all of whom are dead, has been
arrested at Caraquet, charged with infan-
ticide. She forced spoon down the throat
of her child, and when an attempt was
made to extricate it, it broke, one part re-
manning in the child's throat The infant
died after suffering terrible agony. 1t is
now suspected that the woman made away
with her other two children who died q
short time ago.
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THE Administration has undertaken a
big biz task. It is going to ferret out all
the land frauds in Republican Iowa, which
have been going on there for twenty years.
Already it has been brought to light that
thousands OF acres have been stolen by the
grand old party and yet the grand old in
vesugation has barely been begun. Iowa, il
will be remembered, is COttOn-thief TUT
TLE'S State, which may partially account
for some things. The Republicans are very
indignant and shake their old tattered
bloody shirt under the nose OF Col. ALBERT
AKER, the Land Office Agent carrying on
the Investigation, and call him a rebel. -
FoRAKEE, reinforced by regiment OF
FMECHILD'S we'll drilled palsies, may
again declare war on the President, to
bring the country round once more to the
good old days funimited and unrestricted
land robbery.
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LADIES will find relief from headache
costiveness, swimming in the head, collie
sour stomach, restlessness, Indigestion
constant or periodical sick headaches
weakness in the back or kidneys, pain il
the shoulders and different parts of th.
body, a feeling of lsssitude and despond
ency by taking Simmons Liver Regulator
1t is not unpleasant is purely vegetable
and is not injurious TO the most delicat,
constitution.
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s,-,k. tor . ssmi.Mon,hIy Pay Day

LIrCHFIELD. ILLS, July 20.-Nearly
500 of the 600 employees Of the Litchheld
Car and Machine Company left the shops
yesterday ON a strike to compel the com
pany to pay its hands every two weeks,
instead of monthly as now. A committee
reported the company would not grant the
request, and it has been decided by the
strikers to remain ont until some under
standing was reached.
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the Carlton Club, he said: 'It has 30, e
abroad that this great fortress, represented
by Mr.. Goschen as q fortress requiring to
be defended by the Government to the last
of its power and to the last moment Of its
existence, is to be surrendered to the
evidence offered by the bye elections.
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Base Ball.

At Philadelphia Philadelphia 9; Pitts
burg ,.
At Washington Washington y; Detroit
8.
At Baltimore Baltimore 3; Cincinnati
l.
At New York New York 10; Indian
apolis ,.
At New YOrk:-Mets 10; st. Louis 8.
At New York:-BrOoklyn IL; Louisville
:.
At Boston Boston 6; Chicago ..
At Philadelphia:-Athletic q; Cleveland
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yu,.ral of the Great Gunmaker.

BERLIN, July 20.-The funeral Of Al
fred Krupp. which took place at Essen,
Yesterday, was very imposing. The Prince
OF Reuss represented the Emperor. Twelve
thousand workmen were present. Letters
of coincidence were received from Emperor
william. the Crown Prince, Bismafck and
Won Moltke.
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MIR, FoWler's Turn Next.

LONDON, July 2O.-Mr. Howell has noti-
fed Mr. Fowler that he will call the atten-
ton of the House of Commons TO Mr. Fow-
ler's conduct in calling Mr.. Howell a
"d--d liar"
Sir Robert Fowler Conservative men,
her of Parliament for London, writes to the
Times denying that he used the strong
language toward Mr. Howell which that
gentleman imputes to him.
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Honors to O'Rrien and Collins.

DUBLIN, July ao.-In compliance with
a request made by the Parnellite members
of the House of Commons, Lord Mayor
Sullivan has called a meeting of the NUM-
cipal Council for Friday, when the freedom
of the city will be conferred on Mr.. VIM.
O'Brien, editor Of United ireland, and Hon.
Patrick Collins, Of Boston, Mass.
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Baron seiIliere Released.

PARIS, July 20.-Baron Seillere, the
rich Frenchman who was placed in a luna
tic asylum by his relatives, who charged
that be was insane over imaginary for
tunes he had made in America. has been
released from the asylum.
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Power OF the Irish commissioners.

LONDON, July 20 The power of Irish
Commissioners to raise judicial rents will
be valid for two years, at the end of which
time it is expected that the Purchase bill
will he in operation.
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Folks i,uriRg TIE city on short uaedtions or
fr The SgpRcr cgH haze the Dali Y and
SUNDAY REGISTER mailed to their ad-
,'r,SS al same rdtcS aS delirsrsd By carrier,
Jg Islring Irord al REGISTER Counting
ErDy4
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o,.a.,on. R.fer. to che rory MeetIng.

LONDON, July 20-Mr. Gladstone last
evening addressed select company which
had assembled to form branch OF the
Women's Liberal Federation, Of which
Mrs. Gladstone is President Referring to
yesterdays meeting Of Conservatives at
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Another Cut I'm Freight Rates.

ST. LoUIs, July 2O.-The Missouri
Pacific, Cotton Belt and Frisco railroads
to-day made the third important cut ofthe
series in the Texas traffic war by slashing
The tariff on a number Of articles of large
consumption. The tariff on packing house
products and lard is cut to 81 cents per
II" pounds; -four. meal, hOminy, grits,
bran and meal feed reduced to the same
rate. Meanwhile steamboats, are taking
the s>llne products to New Orleans for l24
cents, and the AtchisOn is taking ship
ments from the mouth OF the Mississippi
70 interior Texas points for % cents. So
long as this continue the war will 20 on.